Re: CAPTCHA image validation in web form -- WEB400

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Subject: Re: CAPTCHA image validation in web form
From: Ralph Daugherty <rdjfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:44:10 -0400
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ahh, thanks for the explanation.

Walden H. Leverich wrote:

I doubt that many bots would fill in hidden type fields

They're not hidden from the type="hidden" point of view, rather, they
are normal input fields that are _visually_ hidden via CSS. If the bot
isn't analyzing the CSS they have no way of knowing the form field is
hidden.

-Walden

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